Saw a different vet today - Amy - who confirmed pretty much what the first vet said - peritonitis. She also could feel a lump internally. She mentioned that she was hydrated-great. Was perky and bright-great. BUT was very worried about her weightloss - 1/4 of her body weight in 2 weeks! So although ...

She is such a little treasure! She is fighting!

When I picked her up this morning, her breastbone was so prominent - Im going to try and get a vets appointment for later today. She is pecking and scratching and eating grapes, but clearly is not eating pellets.

Hi Sandy

so sorry to hear about Gracie - far too many girls going over the Bridge. Sending you hugs . My heart goes out to you x

So sorry to read this Amber - it really is heartbreaking

Thank you!

Bonnie is still hanging in - she has managed to clean herself up but is still very swollen. She is eating, but when I picked her up this morning, I could feel her breastbone. She isn't scratching much, just standing around.

Managed to get abit of medicine in her yesterday in sardines. Her bum was very messy, so we gave her a bath and brought her inside to dry off. She had abit of honey in water, grapes and some seeds. Before she went to bed, I held her and OH syringed her medicine in. We did the same this morning, howe...

Come on Mary sending you lots of love from the Ward house and garden x

hi Sandy

How are Haze and Gracie today x

Hi Louise, Mary, Rose and Violet! Here's to many hours looking after, treating and spending time with your girls. We had a lot of fun before the lockdown, raking leaves into piles around the garden, to have the chickies following me around destroying each of the piles in turn! Whatever it is you're ...

thanks Karen - yes, sooo many tales to tell! These photo's were taken before Lockdown! They seem to be coping ok - its me who is stressing about not letting them out. Each morning they all have fruit cocktail, cabbage hanging from the ceiling, mealworms and scratch mix put into an empty water bottle...

After a 3 week holiday driving across Route 66 in America in October, collected the chickies from their boarding houses and Queenie was almost completely bald. She had little white quills all over her. She now has all her beautiful feathers back, but is still very wary and skittish - not at all like...

hi Sandy

so sorry to hear Violet has gone over the rainbow bridge they leave such a hole in our hearts

sending you

hi Had an awful 6 months! I took Marilyn dying very hard, which was weeks after Dotty's prolapse - so things didn't settle down. Then at lunchtime a few weeks later, I found Penny dead in the run with Bonny and Marge cuddled up to her. Marge has been very poorly, vet gave her Tylan injection and I h...

Hi Bluefinch

sorry to hear your girlies have gone

yes, go for ex-batties - best thing I ever did! They are amazing little girls - so brave and resilient. And to see them flourish is wonderful - with all their individual personalities.

Queenie signing in for the first time - here's a photo of me. Dad calls me fat, but Im not, its all feathers and fluff! http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag445/HilierWard/DSCF2142_zpsxt5cvhle.jpg Good luck Violet (Ive not been to them needle and anaesthetic smelling people), but Marilyn did (lots ...